American Puritan & Colonial

Verses Made on the Death of Joseph Brisco

John Wilson (1588-1667) · 364 words · 2 min

The source for this document is https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eebo/A66549.0001.001

Project Note

This is licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND. This license allows reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator.

The source of this document is the Early English Books Online (EEBO-TCP) website. Those books were transcribed in a character for character manner and can be very cumbersome to read since there was no standard spelling during that time. Many spelling variations such as "unlesse", "vnlesse", and "vnles" regularly appear.

This project was conceived to clean up those books as much as possible and make them more accessible to the interested reader, leading to the creation of a massive list of variant spellings and their corrections. This was used to clean up the text, but is of course only as complete as the list itself. Because of the nature of the original transcription, some words have missing characters or places where the original language (e.g., Greek) was not transcribed. This effort does not change that. Be aware that the original transcription can also be faulty and in some cases entire sentences may be missing.

Although this is no substitute for a properly compared, proofed, and scholarly edition, I believe that the result is a document which is far more accessible, particularly for searching for terms using standard spelling. The document has been cleaned and presented in what I hope is a pleasing and useful format for the vast majority of Christian brothers and sisters who just want access to read these spiritually nourishing works.

However, a word of warning: The Puritans were a very diverse group of people and their age was characterized with godliness, but also much upheaval, disputation and strife. They disagreed on many doctrines and some of these works contain less orthodox or Scriptural views than others. The reader is strongly advised to read with discernment, particularly if it is unknown whether author is trustworthy.

This project took a huge amount of time and skill to bring to fruition. I would particularly like to thank David Jonescue for the initial list of Puritans he found on EEBO and the concept behind this project as well as the continuous, unceasing efforts toward seeing this complete. Without his labor, this would not be available. Alex Sarrouf was invaluable in providing the initial list of over 7,000 spelling variations he had identified and corrected, as well as continuing to review more than 16,000 additions to that list for any typos.

Logan West
(with David Jonescue and Alex Sarrouf)
www.puritansearch.org

A COPY OF V ••••• Made by that Reverend Man of God Mr. John Wilson, Pa •• or first Church in Boston; On the sudden Death of M ^R. Joseph Brisco, Who was translated from Earth to Heaven Jan. 1. 1657.

         Not by a Fiery Chariot as
        
        Elisha
        
         was.
        
         But by the Water, which was the outward cause:
        
         And now at Rest with
        
        Christ
        
         his Savior dear,
        
         Though he hath left his dear Relations here.

•• gra 〈…〉

Joseph Brisoe
Job cries hopes.

        THere is no
        
         Job
        
        but cries to God
        
         〈…〉
        
        And God his ear in Christ; to
        
         〈…〉
        
        Out of the deeps to him I
        
         〈…〉
        
        And unto me his gracious
        
         〈…〉
        
        Doubt not of this ye that my death be
        
         〈…〉
        
        What if it did so strangely me assail;
       
        What if I was so soon in Waters drown
        
         •…
        
        And when I cried to men, no help I found:
       
        There was a God in Heaven that heard my cry▪
       
        And looked upon me with a gracious eye,
       
        He that did pity Joseph in his grief,
       
        Sent from above unto my soul relief:
       
        He sent his Angels who did it convey
       
        Into his Bosom, where poor
        
         Laz'rus
        
        lay:
       
        Let none presume to censure my estate,
       
        As
        
         Job
        
        his Friends did stumble at his Fate.
       
        All things on Earth do fall alike to all,
       
        To good Disciples, which on God that call,
       
        To those that do Blespheme his Holy Name,
       
        And unto those that reverence the same;
       
        He that from nature drew me unto Grace,
       
        And looked upon me with a Fathers face:
       
        When in my blood upheld me to the last,
       
        And now I do of joys eternal taste.
       
        Remember how
        
         Job'
         
          •
         
         •••
        
        cious children Dy'd,
       
        As also what the
        
         〈…〉
        
        t
        
         did
        
        betide▪
        
        What was the end of g
        
         ••…
        
        d
        
         Josiah's
        
        life,
       
        And how it fared with
        
         Ezekiel's
        
        Wife:
       
        Remember what a Death it was that Christ
       
        (
        
         〈…〉
        
        Darling of the highest;
       
        His Death of De
        
         •••
        
        hath quite removed the sting,
       
        No matter how
        
         〈…〉
        
        here the Lord doth bring
       
        Us to our end, in Christ who live and die
       
        And sure to live with Christ eternally.

Verses Made on the Death of Joseph Brisco

Project Note

A COPY OF V ••••• Made by that Reverend Man of God Mr. John Wilson, Pa •• or first Church in Boston; On the sudden Death of M R. Joseph Brisco, Who was translated from Earth to Heaven Jan. 1. 1657.

A COPY OF V ••••• Made by that Reverend Man of God Mr. John Wilson, Pa •• or first Church in Boston; On the sudden Death of M ^R. Joseph Brisco, Who was translated from Earth to Heaven Jan. 1. 1657.